signed sincereliers, nancy pelosi, house democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: this election is now over, ladies and gentlemen. and we as house democrats, null elected democrats and those who are -- newly elected democrats and those who are returning are ready to govern and it is solving problems and standing up. and every one of our colleagues and nancy pelosi's colleagues are ready. thank you very much and i'll return it over to leader pelosi. [applause] >> we're so proud of steve. we did win 25 seats. we didn't net 25 seats. thank you, steve, for your leadership and for this invigoration. our founders envisioned that the congress, because it would be -- we have to be elected every two years, go to the voters every two years, and this year, 25% of our caucus is brand new. quite an invigoration. here they are, the fresh recruits, who among them will lead our nation. what our capacity as well as leaders in the house of representatives. we may not have the majority, we may not have the gavel, but we have unity, and with that unity consens